ACTIVE VIII LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04732729 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-13

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£104

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £104

Cash YoY

-3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£5k

↓ 3.3% YoY

Net Worth

£104

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↑ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£104	£89
Current assets	£6.8k	£5.5k
Cash	£5.1k	£5.3k
Debtors	£1.7k	£201
Net assets	£104	£89

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-08-20
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2024-09-24
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accounts · AA
2023-10-10
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accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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accounts · AA
2021-08-26
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accounts · AA
2020-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-24
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officers · CH03
2020-02-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-02-24
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officers · CH01
2020-02-24
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address · AD01
2019-09-30
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accounts · AA
2019-01-22
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accounts · AA
2018-01-19
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accounts · AA
2017-04-11
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2017-04-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2013-02-01
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WATKINS, Geraldine resigned
director
2003-04-13
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Company incorporated
As ACTIVE VIII LIMITED
2003-04-13
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ROBERTS, Sarah Caroline appointed
secretary
2003-04-13
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ROBERTS, Sarah Caroline appointed
director
2003-04-13
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-13
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-04-13
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WATKINS, Geraldine appointed
director
2003-04-13
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-04-13
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KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

93/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Sarah Caroline Roberts Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-04-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

72 Broadway

Didcot

Oxfordshire

OX11 8AE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-27

Last: 2026-04-13

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ROBERTS, Sarah Caroline→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-13

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Active

ROBERTS, Sarah Caroline→

director · ~58y · appointed 2003-04-13

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Active

KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-13 · resigned 2003-04-13

Resigned

WATKINS, Geraldine→

director · ~74y · appointed 2003-04-13 · resigned 2013-02-01

Resigned

KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-13 · resigned 2003-04-13

Resigned

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